Can the Internet Explorer 10 or IE10 be installed on Ubuntu?

Hi guys,

Trying to figure out whether the Internet Explorer 10, in short form IE10, can be installed on Ubuntu (or in the other version of Linux) or not? Has anyone tried it successfully. Can be installed in the first place?

I have searched this topic on Google, but surprising did not find a single thing related to it.

Re: Can the Internet Explorer 10 or IE10 be installed on Ubuntu?

Originally Posted by Joe999

Hi guys,

Trying to figure out whether the Internet Explorer 10, in short form IE10, can be installed on Ubuntu (or in the other version of Linux) or not? Has anyone tried it successfully. Can be installed in the first place?

IE10 won't even run on Vista -- so it should be no surprise that you won't be able to use it in Linux.

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Re: Can the Internet Explorer 10 or IE10 be installed on Ubuntu?

Originally Posted by Mark Phelps

IE10 won't even run on Vista -- so it should be no surprise that you won't be able to use it in Linux.

There is too much hype around IE 10 and will be another version of IE that will be exposed to hackers and malicious users across the world. If you're already using Linux why degrade your system by going down to the lowly ranks of a Microsoft product such as IE?

The world will be right when Linux becomes more widely used. I have seen the Windows 8 demo and I look forward to the discontent that many users will have with the new Windows. The days of XP are over and I think the changes made to the OS may be too drastic for a lot of your old school XP users.

Re: Can the Internet Explorer 10 or IE10 be installed on Ubuntu?

Thanks you all for your replies guys. Appreciate it.

I want Internet Explorer, particularly more secure IE 10, for XDK websites like this http://www.zerodha.com/back-office . Click the backoffice button, it will open in IE ONLY because it has something called XDK inbuilt.

The link was just an example. There are other websites I know that use XDK, and Firefox, Chrome etc. have no alternative of it. I have already Googled about it.

Re: Can the Internet Explorer 10 or IE10 be installed on Ubuntu?

Originally Posted by Joe999

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I want Internet Explorer, particularly more secure IE 10, ...
Can you suggest me a solution?...

If you need IE10, then Ubuntu or Linux in general may not be for you. If you still want to keep Ubuntu, you could learn all about virtualization and install Windows 8 (with IE 10), if that is possible, in a virtual machine running on your Ubuntu OS.
Otherwise, just use Windows 100% especially if you do a lot of work involving sites like those you mention.

Re: Can the Internet Explorer 10 or IE10 be installed on Ubuntu?

Frankly any web site that is IE only, in today's world with many other browsers would not be a web site I used. I would be worried about all the other security issues that site might have.
And Europe requires a browser selection screen when you boot Windows for the first time, so IE is not the only browser out there.

Re: Can the Internet Explorer 10 or IE10 be installed on Ubuntu?

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That sure doesn't sound like something that would be IE10 only. The other XDK that shows up is Xbox Development Kit. That doesn't seem like what you're referring to though.

Re: Can the Internet Explorer 10 or IE10 be installed on Ubuntu?

Originally Posted by kurt18947

Is this the XDK you're referring to?
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When you click on the link that OP provided and then on the "backoffice button", there's this error message:Sorry. You need a browser that supports XDK. Please use IE
Unfortunately, many sites in India are (still) IE-specific or don't render well with other browsers. In some cases, it's just a matter of spoofing the user-agent string but I didn't look into the matter. In other cases, spoofing doesn't work.

Market forces will teach them a lesson. It's a matter of time.

BTW, it's not uncommon to still encounter several Indian sites carrying the "This site works best with IE6". Yes, IE6.